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Greatest Deaths Ever Who got you fizzin' at the bunghole?
Started by Cowboy Ronnie, Jul 30 2007 06:45 PM
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 06:45 PM
There's another Diana deathopic on C5 tonight, which got me to thinking - what are the greatest ever deaths? The person probably needs to be a combination of very famous, with an unexpected, violent even, demise.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 06:50 PM
Cowboy Ronnie, on Jul 30 2007, 01:45 PM, said:
There's another Diana deathopic on C5 tonight, which got me to thinking - what are the greatest ever deaths? The person probably needs to be a combination of very famous, with an unexpected, violent even, demise.
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Vic Morrow has always been one of my favorites, apart from the children.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:16 PM
Cowboy Ronnie, on Jul 30 2007, 07:45 PM, said:
There's another Diana deathopic on C5 tonight, which got me to thinking - what are the greatest ever deaths? The person probably needs to be a combination of very famous, with an unexpected, violent even, demise.
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Steve Irwin has most of those criteria covered, as does the other dead blonde who was killed in a car accident - Jayne Mansfield.
Unexpected and violent but sad Kirsty McColl. Desmond Llewellyn's death was no surprising but I didn't expect him to go in a car accident. I didn't realise that old people die in that manner more often than you'd think.
Alternative 50 in no particular order (7/50)
1.Nelson Mandela 2.Margaret Thatcher 3. Jeremy Thorpe 4. Bill Pertwee 5. John Freeman 6.Guenther Grass 7. Oswald Morris 8. Glynis Johns 9. Zizi Jeanmaire 10. April Ashley
11. Allan Arbus 12. Siegfried Lenz 13. Helmut Kohl 14.Walter Scheel 15.Hywel Bennet 16.Clive James 17. Tamara Press 18.Dave Swarbrick 19. Gretel Bergmann 20. Paul Danquah
21. Fenella Fielding 22. Peter Sallis 23. Dannie Abse 24.Ronnie Biggs 25. Jovanka Broz 26. Bernie Nolan 27. Ron Moody 28. Vivian Pickles 29. Dave Davies 30. Nexhmije Hoxha
31. Doris Lessing 32.Henry Morgenthaler 33. Al Molinaro 34.Gil Taylor 35. Denis Healey 36. Gabriel Garcia Marquez 37. George Blake 38. Brian Cant 39. Fidel Castro 40. Kirk Douglas
41. Aretha Franklin 42.Annette Funicello 43.Bob Godfrey 44. Rev Billy Graham 45.Wojiech Jaruzelski 46.Irving Kanarek 47.Hiroo Onoda 48. Reg Pressley 49. Ariel Sharon 50. Duncan Norvelle.
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21. Fenella Fielding 22. Peter Sallis 23. Dannie Abse 24.Ronnie Biggs 25. Jovanka Broz 26. Bernie Nolan 27. Ron Moody 28. Vivian Pickles 29. Dave Davies 30. Nexhmije Hoxha
31. Doris Lessing 32.
41. Aretha Franklin 42.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:22 PM
Going back a few years, but the mysterious hunting accident that put an end to the life of King William II in 1100 must be one the greatest deaths ever on British soil.
I suppose a comparable modern day scenario would be if The Queen's head was blown off during a pheasant shoot.
I suppose a comparable modern day scenario would be if The Queen's head was blown off during a pheasant shoot.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:25 PM
Payne Stewart, watched as his chilled corpse flew miles before plummetting into the ground. NTSB Report.
or JFK, of course, courtesy of good ol' Abraham Zapruder!
or JFK, of course, courtesy of good ol' Abraham Zapruder!
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:26 PM
I suppose there are quite a few of the very famous who have died prematurely.
Otis Redding and Jim Reeves ( very famous in their day) didnt find Air travel very agreeable.
One possible unexpected very famous death, with a twist, would have to be Glenn Miller who, despite folklore telling us that he is laying at the bottom of the English channel in a Light Aircraft actually met his maker in a Paris brothel.
Carol, apparently Vic Morrow died a hero, saving two children from certain death. Correct?
JFK, for me, is THE greatest ever death. I dont reckon that its trumpable.
Otis Redding and Jim Reeves ( very famous in their day) didnt find Air travel very agreeable.
One possible unexpected very famous death, with a twist, would have to be Glenn Miller who, despite folklore telling us that he is laying at the bottom of the English channel in a Light Aircraft actually met his maker in a Paris brothel.
Carol, apparently Vic Morrow died a hero, saving two children from certain death. Correct?
JFK, for me, is THE greatest ever death. I dont reckon that its trumpable.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:29 PM
Lord Fellatio Nelson, on Jul 30 2007, 08:26 PM, said:
JFK, for me, is THE greatest ever death. I dont reckon that its trumpable.
A lesson from history.
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"El hombre es dueño de su silencio, pero prisionero de sus palabras" - Argentinian proverb.
"Maybe they filmed the poltergeist on a cursed children berialground without knowing it." - Vaagheid
'Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength'
"Maybe they filmed the poltergeist on a cursed children berialground without knowing it." - Vaagheid
'Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength'
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:33 PM
Forget JFK, I reckon Rod Hull's topple from the roof whilst attempting to fix the aerial is the one death where everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news...
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:34 PM
Thats because your fingers are quicker than mine sweetie, God they are soooo nimble!!!!! 
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:37 PM
Tommy Cooper, live (ahem) on stage, "just like that"
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:38 PM
Brinsworth House Baiter, on Jul 30 2007, 08:33 PM, said:
Forget JFK, I reckon Rod Hull's topple from the roof whilst attempting to fix the aerial is the one death where everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news...
Cheers,
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Cheers,
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Yes, I was sitting at home with a cuppa and a Hobnob when I heard. I couldnt help thinking " If only he hadnt gone onto the roof with one hand still stuck up Emus arse..."
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:41 PM
welshman, on Jul 30 2007, 08:37 PM, said:
Tommy Cooper, live (ahem) on stage, "just like that"
http://news.bbc.co.u...les/3625301.stm
http://news.independ...icle2521678.ece
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His collapse was slow, so slow. I actually thought that he was disappearing down a trap door as part of the act.
The terrible thing about it was you could clearly hear the " Death Rattle" while the audience laughed merrily away.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:48 PM
Sid James' death live on stage was another one. There weren't any television cameras around though
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:52 PM
Lord Fellatio Nelson, on Jul 30 2007, 08:26 PM, said:
JFK, for me, is THE greatest ever death. I dont reckon that its trumpable.
agreed with JFK, but if, for example, on September 11 the terrorists took control of Air Force One, with President GW Bush on board, and flew that into the World Trade Center,
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 08:04 PM
Cowboy Ronnie, on Jul 30 2007, 08:52 PM, said:
Lord Fellatio Nelson, on Jul 30 2007, 08:26 PM, said:
JFK, for me, is THE greatest ever death. I dont reckon that its trumpable.
agreed with JFK, but if, for example, on September 11 the terrorists took control of Air Force One, with President GW Bush on board, and flew that into the World Trade Center,
JFKs death was on the back of a cold war and a game of Russian roulette with a Nuclear weapons and the world really was on the Brink of a Nuclear war.
But, yes I agree with your scenario Cowboy.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 10:33 PM
Some more candidates:
Jesus of Nazareth*
The crew of Columbia
Admiral Nelson
Bonny and Clyde
Donald Campbell
Gordon of Karthoum
Adolf Hitler
William Wallace
Francis Bacon (died from pneumonia caught after inventing the first frozen chicken -chilled it with snow)
* Has to be top death, surely.
Plus tons of saints: Catherine, Peter, Sebastian and a whole lot more.
Jesus of Nazareth*
The crew of Columbia
Admiral Nelson
Bonny and Clyde
Donald Campbell
Gordon of Karthoum
Adolf Hitler
William Wallace
Francis Bacon (died from pneumonia caught after inventing the first frozen chicken -chilled it with snow)
* Has to be top death, surely.
Plus tons of saints: Catherine, Peter, Sebastian and a whole lot more.
Ring down the curtain, the farce is over
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 11:01 PM
Godot, on Jul 30 2007, 11:33 PM, said:
Plus tons of saints: Catherine, Peter, Sebastian and a whole lot more.
i was going to mention how alot of the saints have had good/terrible deaths.
i can only think of catherine though, as its why "catherine wheel" fireworks are called so.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 11:23 PM
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Well - it was great for Hitler. For all of 5 minutes...
Well - it was great for Hitler. For all of 5 minutes...
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